The 5th IEEE International Conference on Technology for Education

The IEEE International Conference on Technology for Education, T4E 2013, will be held at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India during December 18-20, 2013. It will provide a forum to bring together colleagues interested in promoting learning and teaching through the use of technology. Papers are invited from students, teachers and researchers in academia and industry to present the results of their research and development efforts in education through the use of technology and discuss further directions.
This is the fifth in a series of annual events with the first held in Bengaluru, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad in the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 , respectively.

Development of technologies to support education
Inovative use of ICT for content development and classroom use
Pedagogies for remote learning and e-learning, blended learning, Pedagogies for curriculum design
Hand held device based learning.
Cognition and learning technologies, Role of cognition in education.
Growth and impact of the Open Educational Resources movement.
Techniques and standards for learning resources.
Semantic web technologies in education.
Adaptive,cognitive and personalized approaches for improvement of education.
Impact of social networks on learning
Virtual/online experimentation and scalable solutions
e-learning in vernacular language
Game based learning
Massively open online learning
Computer aided evaluation
Bridging urban-rural gap in education

Paper submission last date : 30th June 2013

Notification of paper acceptance: 31st August 2013

Camera ready paper submission: 30th September 2013

Author registration: 30th September 2013

Early registration: 10th November 2013

Conference dates: 18th-20th December 2013

Kharagpur is known the world over for two landmarks. One, the longest railway platform, and the other,the first Indian Institute of Technology.

Situated about 145 km west of Kolkata, Kharagpur can be reached in about 2 hours 30 minutes by train from Howrah railway station of Kolkata or 2 hours 30 minutes by car from Kolkata Airport. Kharagpur is also connected by direct train services to most major cities of the country. The Institute is about 10 minutes drive (5 km) from the Kharagpur railway station. Private taxi, autorickshaw or cycle-rickshaw can be hired to reach the Institute.
Taxi charge from Kharagpur Railway station to IIT campus : Approx Rs.120

Cycle rickshaw from Kharagpur Railway station to IIT campus : Approx Rs.60

Taxi charge from Kolkata airport to IIT campus: Approx Rs.2500